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November 29, 2025

UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined...

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November 24, 2025

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly NowJimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose...

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November 11, 2025

Two dead after small plane on hurricane relief trip to Jamaica crashes in Florida

Aircraft headed to island on Hurricane Melissa aid mission crashed into a pond in a neighborhood in Coral SpringsA small turboprop plane on a...

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October 31, 2025

Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

Category 5 storm is most powerful to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and HaitiHurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across...

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October 30, 2025

Hurricane Melissa heads to Bermuda as relief efforts intensify in Jamaica

Kingston airport reopens to flights carrying aid, with some towns in Jamaica underwater and power lines down in south-westJamaica has ramped up...

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October 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’

Most intense tropical cyclone to hit Jamaica in nearly two centuries leaves trail of devastation in its wake

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October 29, 2025

Wednesday briefing: ‘Catastrophic’ reports as Jamaica reels from worst storm since records began

In today’s newsletter: Meteorologists have called it ‘a dire situation unfolding in slow motion’ - what will it leave behind?Good morning. Hurricane...

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October 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa live updates: hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit Cuba; extensive damage in Jamaica

Warning of life-threatening flooding as storm hit Cuba after trail of destruction in Jamaica

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October 29, 2025

Melissa strikes Jamaica, tied as most powerful Atlantic storm to come ashore

The storm was so strong a hurricane hunter had to end its mission early. ...

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October 28, 2025

‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica

Government says it has done all it can to prepare for strongest hurricane in country since records began

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October 28, 2025

Melissa set to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike Jamaica

Storm reached sustained winds of 160 mph on Monday morning. ...

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October 27, 2025

Warming oceans probably fueling Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification

Climate scientists have long warned that warming oceans are making explosive storm development more common

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